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Johann Gotlob Seyrig

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Johann Gotlob (Gottlob) Seyrig

1844 Arrived in England from Germany. May have had a piano business in Paris.

1845 Patent. 'John Gottlob Seyrig, of Lenton, near Nottingham, mechanician, for improvements in, scouring, bleaching and dyeing machines, also in machines used in filtering and drying, or extracting liquid or moisture from different substances'[1]

c1845 Centrifugal drying system was produced by Manlove, Alliott and Seyrig

1855 Death of his wife. 'At Berlin, on the 24th ult., of Asiatic cholera, aged 52, Mrs. Seyrig, the beloved wife of Mr. Seyrig, of the firm of Manlove, Alliott, and Seyrig. Lenton, near Nottingham, to the great grief of her husband, family, and friends.'[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties - Friday 28 February 1845
  2. Nottinghamshire Guardian - Thursday 04 October 1855